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Subject: Re: mounting scsi tape drive
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Yes, I have a tape in it.

[root@cpr]/etc(195): mt status
mt: /dev/nsa0: Invalid argument

[root@cpr]/etc(196): camcontrol tur sa0 -v
Unit is not ready
(pass2:ahc0:0:5:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0
(pass2:ahc0:0:5:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:80,81
(pass2:ahc0:0:5:0): Vendor Specific ASC



On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 15:57, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 15:53:48 -0500, junk wrote:
> > I am having a problem mounting a scsi tape drive.
> > The kernel sees it , but it wont mount.
> > 
> > >From dmesg:
> > 
> > sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0
> > sa0: <CONNER CTT8000-S 1.17> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
> > sa0: 5.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 15)
> > 
> > When i try to mount it:
> > 
> > [root@cpr]/dev(184): mount /dev/sa0 /mnt/tape/
> > mount: /dev/sa0: Block device required
> > 
> > even tried:
> > [root@cpr]/dev(185): mount /dev/nsa0 /mnt/tape/
> > mount: /dev/nsa0: Block device required
> 
> You can't mount a tape drive like that.  mount only works for disk devices
> with filesystems.
> 
> > [root@cpr]/dev(186): mt rewind
> > mt: /dev/nsa0: Invalid argument
> 
> Do you have a tape in the drive?  What happens when you type 'mt status'?
> 
> Try this:
> 
> camcontrol tur sa0 -v
> 
> Ken